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Met In Annual Convention in Co lumbla Las! Week, HAD GOOD MEETING. Much Enthusiasm Was Manifested, and the Lien Law and Bucket Shops Were Denounced. The Corn< Congress and Harvle Jor don Were Endorsed. The South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton Association met in Columbia on Wednesday oft last week. The meeting was attended by dele gates representing 20 counties. The interest manifested waa ' encouraging and the attendance was evon larger than had been expected. The following wore present at tbe mooting: Andersen-M. A. Mahafley. Barnwell-F. Fl. Oreeoh, W. W. Moore, J. A. Jenkins, J. B. Morris, W. T. Walker. Clarendon-O. C. Soarborough, S. M. Haynesworth, 10. D. Hodge. Darlington-H. H. Bogers, A. M Cokor, E. M. Williamson. Florene?-J. W. McCown, James B. MoBrlde, T. A. Clarke. Greenville-B. Mays Olovoland, Marietta. Greenwood-W. J. Moore, J< M. Major. Lancaster-W. C. Hough, W. J. Cunningham. Lee-E D.* Smith. Laarens-J. H. Wbartou. Marlboro-T. S. 10 ann, W. W. Bruno, W. A. Bobers. Orangeburg-J. E. Wannamakor, J. A. Peterkln, J. M. Moss, J. B Falroy, N. N. Hayden, B. F, Koller, W, W. Wannamaker. Blohland-W. W, Bay, Blohard Singleton, F. SI. Hyatt, F. H. Wos tou, Z. T. Lykes, W. H. Padgett, A. Patterson. B. S. MoKenzle, W. J, Lykes,'J. A. Byrd. Saluda-W. F. Whittle, W. W. Padgett, L. B. Blease, J. M. Forrest. Spartanburg-E. L. Aroher, Balpb H. Smith. Union-J. W. Gregory. York-John L. Bainoy, W. S. Wilkerson, C. E. Spenoer. Williamsburg -W. D. Bryan. Aftor organization the following odlcers were elected : President- E. D. Smith of Florence. Vice President-E. L. Archer of Spartanburg. Seoretary-Fi n. Weston, Colum bia. Treasurer-F. H. Hyatt, Columbia. Secretary Weston read the minutes of tho last meeting After these had boon approved Mr. Hyatt made his roport as treasuror. This was refer red to au auditing committee. Mr. Hyatt stated that two oouuties an swered to the assessment this year. Others had contributed llborally, some gavo not?t all. However, all salaries had boon paid and all ex pauses met. The ualauoo on hand is not onough to boast of and the ex ecutive committee needs money with whloh to push the work this year. There was a light over Bigoting rep resentation on tho exooutive commit tee of the general association. Mr. Hyatt and Mr. E. D. Smith are ex otllolo members, for Mr. Hyatt ls the treasurer, Aftor soreo discussion and several ballots Mi. E. L. Aroher and Dr. W. W. Bay were eleoted. Mr. Smith made a strong argument in favor of the holding corporation. The farmers who will not come into the association need no proteotion, and if tbey put their cotton on tho market when tho prices are below the association's minimum, this oot ton oould be bought up to the extent of 2,000,000 bales and oould bo held, hy "ttlong with tho cotton held by the and the fotlon members, until their of her citir^Ot prices should be mot. ; To do thia \v?u?d t?^utreia capitally zation of $100,000,000, to beiaAaod ny members of tho asBoeiation subscrib ing to tho capital stock $6 per bale on every balo they propose to ralso. There oould bo State and ooanty or ganizations, regularly obarterad, with regularly appointed buyer?, etc Mr. Smith denounced forolbly the aotion of Seoretary Shaw in withdraw ing 9100,000,000 from circulation in the summer. This had unsettled the money situation generally, but forced Wall street down upon Southern loans-and the cotton 1 armers had Buffered. Mr. Archer disagreed with Mr. Smith. This holding corporation should be organized without oonneo tion with the association. Further more, he believes tho plan impractic able. Mr. Hyatt brletly expressed his op position when he was oalled upon to speak, but ho stated tbat In Birming ham next week ho will talk at length on "How to Fi naneo tho Cotton Crop," tho subject assigned him by the committee. Mr. J. E. Wannamaker made a startling statement, On a recent visit to Barnwell he had bee i told that thero are people in that county who aro liviug In Equator, with poor shelter for themselves, less for their shivering animals and none for their farm implements. Thoy buy tboir meat, oven their oabbages and other vegetables. Whyv Because they plant cotton, plant lt blindly without thought of tho futuro. Ho supposes that tho same conditions exist In many oountics. 1 Io opposes tho "hold ing corporation,'1 believing that it would bo bettor to build warehouses and to continue tho work of educat ing the farmers to tho appreciation of the need for dlversliioation. Mr. McBride took the view that the work suggested by Mr. Wanna maker is thfct cf Olomson collego or . li_l aXnlatIaft r . .' tl-.??- ?.i. ? MMHUOluWi tu BUOiUl'tCD) Rmi ui icu Ull8 cotton association basa broader Held, lt should promota organ?/, itlon and co operation along tho line suggested by Mr. Smith. OlTOSfiD TO Ll ION UW, After solcotlng tbe dolegatlon to thCj?lrmJngham convention, the con vention authorized Proaldont Smith to name the mombors of tho execu tive oommltteo. Ho soleoted the fol lowing: E. Mol ver Williamson of Darling ton. U. Mayes Olovoland of Marietta, Greenville oounty. B. F. Keller of Cameron, Orango burg county. Bi M. Pegues of Kollook, Ohcsfcor lleld county. W. D. Bryau of Taft, Williams burg oounty. The /ollowlng resolution was offer ed by Mr. Gregg oa behalf of the Flor enos oaunty d?l?gation: "Resolveil. That the asvsoolatlon appoint a oouamlttee to memorialize ?he general assembly to repeal the law Irnown as the ?lon law for sup? This wee voted on without di sous* alon as these are praolloal farmers and know what tho law ls. There was opposition, but the motion pre vailed and the following were ap pointed by the ohalr to memorialize the legislature: Walter Gregg of Florence, B. F. Keller of Cameron, W. M. McBride of Florence. Tho following were eleoted dele gates to the Birmingham convention : W. J. Cunningham, W. J. Moore, E O. Hodge, A. M. Coker, W. W. Bruoe, Dr. R. H. Smith, J. W. MoOown, W. F. Whittle, J. A. Peterkln, C. E Spenoar, E. D. Smith. J M. Major, B. M. Pegues, E. M. Williamson. lt 1B related that a distinguished Greenwood lawyer says that in his oounty gambling ls the highest form of erl ma. It was a Greenwood dele gate, Mr. W. J. Moore, who Introduc ed the following: "Resolved, by tho South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton asso ciation, That we condemn and dis approve of the dealing In what ls commonly known as 'futures,' bel?g injurious to tho morals of our peoole aud entailing great ilnanolal loss on them. "Resolved, further, That we ear nestly hope and believe the legisla ture of 'Jouth Carolina will enaot ouoh lawB as will prohibit oxehanges and bucket shops from being operat ed in this State." This was adopted without discus sion. Mr. Smith offered tho following resolutions, whloh were adopted: "Besolved, That this convention recommend to the Birmingham con vention tho advisability of eaob oounty appointing a Belling md finan cial agent, authorized in writing, signed by the individual members, as sole agent to sell the cotton of the local association at a prioo not less than that agreed upon by the national association, and to give said agent the power to nogotlate loans, tlx the rate of interest, storage aud lnsur anon obarges." This is a very important resolution, for it gives form and purpose and business objectivo to the association. The session on Wednesday night was an experience meeting, at whloh the delegates exohanged ideas mu tually hoi of ul. A HUMAN MONSTER Kol unod Dooont Burial tor tho WI io Ho lind Aluieocl. Every ouoo In a while we run upon a brute olothed In a human form. A dispatch to the Augusta Ghronlolo from Washington, Ga., says the de tails of the tragic death from burn ing of Mrs, Charles Elliot near Aonla, in this oounty, twelve miles from Washington, were brought to theolty Tuesday night by neighbors of the dead woman, who had oomo to Wash ington to get a collin and engage a hearse after the positive refusal of Charles 10 Hot to provide a decent bu rial for the remains of his wife, for whose death he was ludlrcotly respon sible. Tho horrible aooident whloh cost the faithful young wife and mother hov life occurred, Wednesday night and death ended her sufferings Friday evening about 8 o'olook. For the faithfulness and loving devotion of a young wife and mother on t o one hand and tho oruel indifference and noglect of a husband and father on the other, the circumstances sur rounding this caso are v ithout a par allel in tho history of Wilkes oounty. While Charles Elliot was off on a drunken spree Wednesday night, Mrs. Elliott wrapped her four little child ren up as comfortably as possible for tho night. After this was done there was not enough bed clothing in tho house to proteot her own body from tho severe cold, so she wrapped tho last bed quilt In the house about her Hind laid down in front of the wood lire to keep warm until her husband's roturn. While down before tho Uro asloep the quilt which oovored her caught alire from a spark and produo ed horrible burns on the faoe and body of tho unfortunate woman. There was no ono living noar enough in tho neighborhood to hear the agonizing cries of Mrs. Elliot and her four chil dren wero too young to offer hor any assistance, tho oldest boin? just 5 yoars old. In this oondiMon, Mrs. Elliot re mained until thft return of her hus band, in an intoxicated condition, about 4 o'olock lu the morning of the next day. lOvon aftor Mr. Elliot re turned and found his wife in suoh a sorlous condition he made no offort to seouro modlOal attention for his wife. Lato in the afternoon of tho day fol lowing tho aooident somo of tho neigh bors learned of the affair, and upon their own initiative tho boBt medloal attention that tho community afford ed was Booured. Tho shock to; tho young woman's system was too severe, however, and she succumbed to death Friday, leav ing four children, the oldest of whom is 5 yoars and the youngest four months. During tho whole timo subsequent to his return to his homo at 4 o'olook Thursday morning and tho time of his wife's death, Elliot manifested little oonoorn in the matter and would sit in ono oornor of tho little room with an air of total unconcern while several neighbors and a physician wero working heroically to savo his wlfo's life. He made no offorc to no ourc provisions for his children in the meantime. Fuel, provisions and cloth ing wero all furnished by the neigh bors. Following the doath of Mr?. Elliot, Charles Elliot was asked ooncerning the funeral arrangements, when the coolly repliod that ho had spent his last cent for two gallons of whiskey for Christmas and was not ablo to take ciro of tho remains of his wifo. "1 will attend to tho burial as soon as I got ablo," he 1B roported to have remarked. Taking tho children in tholr own oaro and considering tho brutal fath er nu moro in the matter, tho neigh bora of tho community havo taken tho altair in their own hands and havo by private subscriptions among thomsol ves raised $25 for dofraying the burial expenses of Mrs. IOU lot. The remains were taken to hor old home In Lin coln oounty Saturday for intornr.ent at Lincolnton Saturday afternoon. Tho inoreasing number of railroad wrecks promises to dooroaso the sup ply of "papular young ra l oad mon.' Tim latest typewriting reocrd is httld to be :t00 words per minuto. The operator ls wo suppose a woman. "nmt-m^M-winwim nmpmmt I?HIMIM??IV^II in n'ln." HOW TO PLANT COEN. TUM WILLIAMSON PLAN OIVKN IN A FHW WOHDS. Tho Formula Which May Bevoln tlon?ze Agriculture infJouth Gaio? lina and Snrloh Farmers. We have published frequently the formula for the "Williamson plan" or the way deviled by Mr, E. Molter Williamson, of Darlington, to make live ears ot oom ?row where bub one grew before, The formula ai given heretofore haa been a little long. The following has been prepared for the Uolumbla State by Mr. James Horny lltoe, Jr., as the most oonolse form in whloh lt oan be given: Break land In winter one-fourth deeper than common; lay off In six foot rows, leaving five Inch balk. When time to plant break out balk with ti oo ot or, following In samo fur row on this ridge. Ridgo them with ?ame plow, going deeper; run corn planter with Dixie plow, with wing taken c ff. Plant as earl; as possible, upually about the middle of Maroh. Drop oom grains every six Inohes. Use no fertilizer Give Brst working with harrow or any plow tbat will not cover plant. Second working with IO or 12 I nob sweep on both sides of plant. Thin after this working. Corn should not be worked again until sufficiently stunted, so that it will never grow large. When lt ls about 10 to 12 inches high put on fer tilizer. Mix 200 pounds ootton seed meal, 200 pounds acid phosphate, 4001 pounds kalnlt. Put half In old sweep furrow, on both sides ot evory other i middle. Oover by broaklng out mid- j die with turn plow. Ono week later treat the other middle in tho same way. fertilizer and all. In a few dave side corn In first middlo with 10 Inoh swoop. Put aU your nitrato of soda In this furrow, if less than 150 pounds ls uticd ; If more, put half. Cover with one furrow or turn plow, then sow peas in middle broadcast, at rate of a bushel to the aero, andilnlsh break ing out. Lay by early. More corn ls ruined by late plowing than by laok of plowing. No hoeing ls nooessary and middle may be kept olean until time to break out by harrowing. For 60 bushels to the sore leave stalks 10 inohes apart; for 75 bushels, 12 Inohes; for 100 bushels, 8 inohes apart. Do not pull fodder; do not out tops; lot peas and pea vinos die on land. Value in fertilizer toland is worth more than forage. Evory farmer in this county should give the Dian a trial. I A SCOLDINGTwiii" Amt a Wootton LOK OIVOH Pat Lahoy Trouble Patrlok Lahoy, of Sands street, Brooklyn, N. Y., has a wooden log and troubles of hin o un. lt Isn't the leg that worries Lahey, lt is the uso to whloh his wife puts lt when ho un straps lt. The mau, who is woll along in years, told his woes to the com plaint olerk In the Adams Street Court ono day last week. "I've been sleeping in lt for tho past four weeks," said he. "If you never slept with a wooden lear, novor tried to turn over in Ird or tuok the co vors around your feet, you can't understand the troubles of a man try ing to rest with one." "Why don't you take it oflV" ask ed the olerk. "Take lb off," replied Lahey, "take it oft I Man, do you think I'm as shy in my head as I am in my legs? If I take it off sba bides it, and then when I want to go out 1 got lo stay in, Sometimes I do be hopping around the floor for three hours hunting un der the bad, behind the stove, in tho washtubs, and lu the top of oloscts for my leg. "Tho last time I took it off. Fran ces (that's my wife's name), hid it, and when I found lt she tried to take lt from me, and threatened if abo got it again she'd use it an a olub to beat me. Now there should bo some law bo prevenb a woman making a man sleep with a falso limb or to prevent his wife beating bim with lb if he loaves lb off." "Sure," said the clerk. "I'll give you a summons and you hand lt to her." "Hand it to hoi f Man. do you think I'm orazyV Send it to her by a polloo man, and tho biggest one you have." This being promised Lahoy stump ed out. expressing the hope that tho Court will arrange mattors so that ho oan sleep lu peaoo, and not in pieces. Captured Hllioli tum. An illlolt still operated by an eight horse power steam onglne, was de stroyed by State Constables Hayos, Hoy and Jenkins, In York County, Wednesday morning. The constables who made the raid aro under Chief Fant, in charge of the Spartanburg division. The still had a oapaolty of eighty gallons per (hy, and was the finest of the kind over oaptured by the officers, York ls a prohibition oounty in name._ This gentle rein oomes at the right time. The water wagon for several days will have other duties to por form. Whon the government decides to in crease tho salaries of its mall carriers lt should not ovorlook its female om ployos. Ltmborger ohooso ls said to he a oure for tuboroulosls, Some persons, however, may prefer to die with con sumption. It has oomo. A soloutist says John 1). Uookofollor is tho futuro American typo. Get ready to shave your bead and ronounoo the oyster. Carrie Nation says that bugging ls r capons! bio for all the Immorality in Washington, I). C. A kind of clrolo as lb were, that han no encl. Tho faot that Mr- Rookofeller ls too poor to eat oystors rotnlnds us that both of these objects of public inter est aro notoriously bald, Tho faot that the President missed three shots at a wild turkey is not startling. But tho faot that his press agonc let tho item gob into print la interesting. Success seldom oomes to tho man who waits for it, and then only In the oase of tho oafo employe. A New York man while trying to imitate Caruso dropped dead. A case of monkeys perhaps. The aubo onbhuslast who frequently pays out his ooh? for ropalrs may bo said to suitor fro ir. one kind of oar ahorisge. HIVE IN AN AQUAr I UM. Many B?o Work-.r . Everybody is curious to nee bees ac tually ot work. Tuke a rectangular fci?aa aquarium and placo lt ?co ? win dow- i;l}l, elevated aligbtly a? thc side nearest the window, so thf /(when the hitter ta raised an luci? tU jheos wey pasa in and out. It desl? \ the boes may bo kept for tome timi \ i conflne mout hy raising the aquarium an inch on blocke and using a nt rip1 of wire screen cloth to prevent tho tyees from escaping. When confined the bees should be fed a HI.'up of equal parts of auger au'd wa toi. A frame or two of bees maj he purchased for a trifling sup. Put within this glasB aquarium some rustic supports to represent projecting, uudocayed portions of tho inside of tho hollow trunk. Keep ?ll covered by au opaque cloth when not observing what is golug on within thia gloss hoe homo. Thea the bees will be freo to work and to adapt themselves to the envi ronment They can suit their own fancy about attaching combs to tho Sticks ; they muy build diagonally or in any other form that they may prefer, and tlicy may attach the comb to aldos or onds just when and where they think lt ls necessary. In the artificial hives the combs are attached only at tho edges, but in nat ural conditions within the hoe tree or lu Its counterpart, as represented by the old fashioned box hive with opaque sides and In our transparent Inverted aquarium, tho bees can build combs and attach them lu any way that they ace flt One of the most Interesting objects for study ls to note when tho bees think lt necessary to put out a side support from a long comb. They seem to believe that they are really within a hollow tree and that It Is likely to bo swayed hy tho gales. Of course when so swayed long combs Inden with honey or with young boes would he too much for tho unyielding rigidity of tlie upper part of tho combs. These, If they have no side stays, would bend, crack and bo crashed against each othor. Tho beos have learned this and give tho combs a Ano support whenever it ls necessary. They do this, lt ls true to a certain extent, In tho regular eight or ten frame hive, but not with tho naturalness with which they do. lt in a large, unobstructed spneo. Not long ago a veteran beekeeper took a colony of boos from an attic, where they had been for many years. "Well," said he, "you should have seen the funny forma of those combs most interesting thing I over saw. There was one pillar almost round-a solid center right and several fuet long -und thcao combs nround that; the most fantastic shape you eyer uuw." Suburbun Life, Extorting ( "hm Ky. A philanthropist sahl of a banker: "lb-own Is a mean man. Ouco I made him shell out, though. Listen. "Two lollies, representatives of a children's fresh nlr fund-a noblo charity-called on Brown and asked him to contribute, ile gave a dollar. With all lils millions, he gave $1 ex uctly. " 'It's nil I can afford,' he whined. "My office Is In (he same building as Brown's bank, and a few minutos luter tho two ladles carno to mo. When I F?w Brown's narnu down for only a dollar I was mad. "T?o says It's all ho can aflV-d, eh?' I hogan. 'Well, ladles, Just Mt hore a minuto.' "And I called my head clerk, ascer tained my balance lu Brown's bunk, and wrote u check then und there In the clerk's name for $278}?40-Tthe en tire amount. " 'Draw this ut once,' I auld. "The clerk departed, and n minute or two later Brown himself ruihed In breathlessly, the check In his bund. " 'Harry,' he said, '.what ls tho meun lugof this?' "I pointed to tho lodieB' subscription list "'I have Just learned,' I enid, 'that you could only afford to give a dollar to tho children's fresh air fund. This made me think that things were look ing pretty fishy ut tho bunk. I decided I hud bettor draw out.' "Brown bad to add two ciphers to bis subscription before I would con sent to tear up tho check." Dlunicll'u Keen BnaliiM* Iuntlnot. When tho Hon. Mr. Ward wrote his novel "Tremaine," he was fearful of acknowledging hlmsolf tho author, un til Its fute should huvo been nsccrtuln ed. Ile accordingly, tho better to pre servo bl? Incognito, sent the manuscript copy by the wlfo of his attorney to Mr. Colburn. Tho work, although accepted, wes not considered likely b) pny ex tremely well, and consoqueutly a trilling sum wns given for lt. Contrary, however, to Mr. Colburn's expectations, it run to three editions. 'llio ingenious author of "Vivian Grey," then twenty-two year? old, hav ing heard of the circumstances, deter mined lo use lt to advantage, audaceord Ingly having arranged his work for publication, he proccedod to find out tho honorable gentlcmnn's fuir messen ger. This he quickly effected, and upon a promise of giving her ?20 Induced hor to be the beurer of bia novel to the same publisher. The womnu was Instantly recognized by Mr. Colburn as tho same person Who brought him "Tremaine;" and rec ollecting the great sale of that novel, he looped at the manuscript presented to him with the utmost engerness. It was quickly read, und a handsome stun glvon for the copyright. A short time, however, enabled Mr. Colburn to find out bis error, but too luto to remedy himself, Tho work was not suecos and n considerable sum was los* publication? far_ s Wo;..-ly hynoliott Illui. Timely pollco interference only saved Frank Gallo, of South Boston, from lynching ac the hands of an an gry mob, when he was caught in the allegod aot of outtlng off a little girl's braid in front of tho Theatre Comique, in his pookots were found (Ive braids, Including ono that Margaret 10 Quin lan, aged 15, idontliled as hor own. A pair of keen shoars were also fcund. Gallo claims helsa berber and that he came by the braids honestly. Tho ory of "Jaok tho Snipper" was taken up by the orowd on Tremont Kow when tho little girl found hor hair was gone and tho mob set in chase of Gallo. Patrol mau Tighe heard the uproar and arrested the man after a hard light in the mud and si uah i the orowd fighting to get at his prisoner and boat him, The police believe Gallo ls tho man who for a year past bas boen terrorizing young girls by snipping off their braids in the midst of orowds of shoppers. Tho story of Atlanta's reoent conn ell meeting reads an. if Mr. Roosevelt himself might have boen prosont. STANDS BY HIM: Texas Senator Speaks on the Forakei' Resolution as to COLOREO SOLDIERS Performance lo thc Brownsville Affair. After a Brief Response the Ohio* an Agress to Allow Matter to (io Over Until Mon day. Soon after the.senate met today Senator Foraker's resolution provid ing for an Inquiry by the senate Into the dlsobarge of the negro troops of the Twenty*fifth Infantry on aooount of the Brownsville, Tex., episode was laid before the enate and Senator Oulborson made an address on the subjeot. Ho said that he would have kept quiet but for the faot that great Injustloo had been done the people of Brownsville. . Mr. Oulberson said that the oonduot of the negro soldiers had been very irritating to the Brownsville people and espeolally so to the women. He related that on Aug. 4, last, the day before the "shooting up" ot the town a orlmlnal assault had been commit ted by one of the soldiers on the wife of a reputable olt zen and said that no arrests bad been mado for the orlme. Mr. Culberson defonded Oapt. McDon ald of the Texas Bangers, to whom Mr. Foraker had referred beoause of Maj. Blooksom's io t orono o to him as a man who was 1 'so brave that he would not hesitate to ohargo hell with a buoket of water." Mr. Culberson said that he knew Maj. Blooksom to bo a gentleman. DEFENDED TEDDY'S COURSE. In defending President Itoosovelt for his dismissal of the troops Mr. Oulberson said tho faot that the troops were negroes had nothing to do with tholr discharge. Confusion as to the legal questions involved was, he said, responsible for the statement that tho president had no authority to make the discharge. The president's consti tutional authority and the authority given him by the article of war dear ly ochered the cano and made his ao* tlon legal, he declared. He oontecded that t?lsoharKes for orimlnal offenses are also discharges made to effeot pun ishment. Mr. Culberson Bald that there was a distinction between "dlsohargo without honor" and "a dishonorable dlsohargc." In the former caso the president could exerolso his discretion as he had done in this instance, while a dishonorable dlBOhare oould only oe made as the result of a oourtmartial. Ho instanced several oates to sustain his position. To estab ish the motivo aotuating tho negro soldiers in oroating tho al leged disturbances, Mr. Oulborson read resolutions reoontly adopted by negro oltlzens of Heston, whloh admitted that the soldiers "idiot up" the town and said they "were determined todo for themselves what the uniform of their oountry would not do-protect them from insults and punish at tho same time tho authors of their mis ery." CAUSED WAVE OK MEURIMENT. Dlsolalming any partlzanshlp for the president, Mr. Culberson oreated a wave of morrlmoul by saying: "I have nothing todo with the proti dent in this matter. I oare nothing about him. My personal relations with him are about as cordial as those of the senator from Ohio" (Mr. Foraker), In all fairness, Mr. Culberson said, the oountry ought to know that the report mado to tho president was re Hablo. Aftor reading much of tho testi mony taken before the Brownsville grand jury, Mr. Oulberson drow tho conclusion that the faot that no In dictment was returned was not an ev idence of tho weakness of tho caso, but rather of the fairness of the peo ple of Brownsville, who did not wish to do lu Justino to tho innocent. The evldonoe, he oontended, proved be yond doubt that the shooting was done cy tho negro soldiers, but failed to Identify the guilty ones. ne oonoludod his speech by a brief refcrenoe to the negro question In general, saying it bad existed from tho early history of the country down to the present timo and still continu ed to be the most important and tho most dangerous question whioh con fronts the American pooplo. Ho rofor ed to tho growth of this question load ing to the Civil war wherein nearly a million white men lost thoir lives. Wednesday, he said, tho oondition of the blaok raoe with its ages of slav ery, its Ignoranoo and poverty, exoltod che deepest sympathy of tho great body of the white peoplo of tho South. STILL TUE GREATEST PROBLEM. "But," ho continued, "in splto of tho past, with its oonfliots and ?merill oes, sorrows and destruction of life and properly, this problem is still the greatest with which wo have to deal. It involves labor, oduoatlon, suffrage, soolal order, olvil liberty self-govern ment and the Integrity of tho white race. The ond no man oan see. South erners fool deeply and profoundly on this raoo problom and Its ultimate so lution. Sonator Foraker at once took tho Moor, remark.ng that lt belittled the present question to make lt a vohlolo for discussing tho race question. Ho did not propose to discuss that ques tion or thc morita of the Hrownsvlllo affair. He wanted his resolution adop ted, which would Insure fur thor in quiry, and his prosont purpose was but to defend himself regarding the criticism ohargod against him for mentioning Capt. McDonald. Commenting on Senator Culborson's statement that Senator Forakor's speeoh two weoks ago had offended certain Texans and had rolleoted par ticularly upon Capt. McDonald, tho Ohio senator said he did not know what McDonald resonted unless it was the torm "gentleman." CAPT. MCDONALD'S RESENTMENT. Mr. Foraker read from tba Oinolr. natl IOnqulror ao aooount of Capt. Mc Donald's rose it-men t, c.-m mon tiny freely as he progroBsod. Among other things, Sonator Forakor said: "I don't know why Capt. McDonald would ohargo 'hell with ono buoket of water,' unless it was that ho had no other uss for tho buoket of water." 'Mr. Forakor oonoludod hts remarks by putting tho interviews in The Record and asking for a voto on the resolution. Senator Culberson replied briefly by saying tho country was to bo toltol tated on tho faot that tho Ohio atna* tor bad turned his attention to deris ion of a oaptaln of Texan Rangers. An amendment was offered by ?en? ator Lodge to contine the inquiry by the committee on military affairs to a question of faet in regard to tLe eon? duct of tho negro soldiers, in that it recognized tbat the order waa issued by tbe president "tn theexerolse of bis constitutional authority as oom mander-lu? oh I af." This would have the effect of presenting an investiga* tion of the constitutional questions involved in the president's order dis missing the troops ' Mr. Lodge asked that the further discussion of tho question be postponod until Monday on account of hie Inability to speak to day because of a sore throat, Al though Mr. Foraker had previously ob* Jcoted to deferring consideration of the resolution he at once consented to tho postponement whon Mr. Lodgo plaoed his request upon personal grounds. Upon motion of Senator Hale the resolution will be taken up on Monday next and pressed to a con clusion. The sonate then went into execu tive session and at 56 p. m, adjourn ed until Monday. DIED AT HIS POST, Tho Horrible Doath of Bravo KUR? noor Maxwoll in Wreck, Tbero seems to bo no end to the railroad wreoks. Tbe Seaboard Air Line's fast mall No. 32, northbound from Atlanta to Hi ol. m omi, orashod into a string of loader") frolght oars at Peaohland, a flag vcation 10 miles east of Monroe, N. O., late Sunday night partially wrecking the passen ger train and killing Engineer S. E Maxwell of Raleigh, N. O. Running 60 miles an hour Engineer Maxwoll sighted the freight train as be rounded the curvo noar Peaohland and with ooncorn only for tho passen gers, whoso lives woro In his oare, he applied the emergonoy brakes in an effort to moderate the impondlng crash. The speed was roduood to 10 miles an hour wheu tho train struok and tho tlroman jumped without be ing hurt. Maxwell stuok to his post, was oaught between the engine and tender and slowly roasted to death in view of the resouers, who strained every nerve to reach him. Helplessly pinned in an upright po sition with both feet in the lirobox, the brave man HVOJ four hours, fully oonsolojs, talklDg cheerfully to the resouers, his last words being a mes sage to his wlfo and child at Raleigh. No one else was hurt. The horoio engineer was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Maxwell, of Walhalla, S. O. He ?vas a young man. Fort Klshor's Auntvoroary. Fort Fisher's anniversary, January 15, may well be made tho occasion of a reunion of tho blue and the gray survivors of the oommands which participated. The battle was a not able one In many ways and had it oc curred at an earlier period in the war it would be moro oooBpiouous in the pages of history. When tho jost foll ail eyes were contorod upon tho fate of Potorburg and R'.ohmond, where Grant and L?o contended for the mastery from June, 18(14, to April, 18(15. Tho Spartanburg Journal says in a strategic sense Fort Fisher was an outpost of the Confederate 'lue on J&moB Rlvor. It guarded the princi pal ohannel for the entry of foreign supphes to the Confederacy and also offered protection to Leo's route of communication with the south Afc lantlo coast. The Federal attaok was desperate In the extrome and the Confederate dofense most horolc. Or angeburg County bore a gallant part in that horoio defense. The prlnoipal leader of the Con federate forces in the battle at Fort Flshor, Colonel Limb, ls still living. Several of the Federal generals sur vive, notably Gen. A. A. Ames, load er of a division; Gen. N. M. Curtis, who led the brigade willoh drat forced the palisades, and Gen. Galusha Pen nypaoker. The naval bombardment of tbe fort was one of tho fiercest on record. Tho fortress was constructed of Band and logs and proved so form idable against ship's Uro that tho plan was adopted as p" model for students in military engineering. O-ie of the thrilling lnoldcuts of the battle was the ohargu of a Federal naval brigade along the sand beach up to the walls of tho fort. Admiral Robley D. Evans, then a subordinato otlloer, was a participant lu this col umu. Many of tho soldiery in tho gar rison were North Carolinians, and it ls slgnllloant of the growing spirit of amity among old foes that the publie men cf the state have baen foremost in inviting combatants of 18(15 to a fraternal handshake on the ruins of thia famous stronghold of thoConfod fono/. Tho IiioreaBOtl Clout ol' IJIVIIIK* The St. Louis Globe-Demoorat says "interviews with olty housowlvos brought out the facts that nino-tenths of them aro struggling with tho prob lem of how to make a ton-dollar week ly lnoome oover a twelve dollar weekly expense. Tho cost of food, fuel, cloth ing, ronts, home furnishings, helps, and ail items of household expense has inoreascd to snob proportions that the problem of making the earnings oover tho actual nooessary outlay ls becoming a serious one in every com munity. lt ls claimed that tho uni formity of the prloo scalo of all food products all over tho United States lends color to the charge that there ls a strict 8groement among corpora tions whloh hundi? them. All kl:-: da of tcstilo fabrics havo advanced 20 to 50 per cent hi price during tho last live years, and the statistics of the departmont ci labor and oommoroo show an Inorcase in tho cost of foods alono during ibo past ten years of 50 per oent. Tho lnoroaso of ronts lu at* tributed to the Increased cost of labor and building material-not to increas ed values of roil estato. It is shown by tho government's ligures that the cost of bacon has advanced 43.5 per cent; potatoes, 43.1 per cent; eggs, 41 8 per cent; dry and plokled pork, 31.1 por cont; frosh pork, 30 por cent; (U ur, 20,3 per oent, and corn meal 28. o por oont, Those aro tho artioles soleotod by tho bureau of labor as the staples of a workingman's bill of fare. The lnoroaso in the prioo of baot has boen oven greator than the figures here givon, and other Items cf diet havo Inoreascd accordingly. " lian Him Down. Shoriir Oorley, of lexington, bas a roHtod John iv ooro, oolored, who ls wauted in North Carolina for killing a white man at G?stenla. Tho negro tried to oaoapo from Sheriff Corlcy by running aoross the toll brldgo over Congaroo river Into the olty of Colum bia, .but tho sheriff waa too quiok for him, and the negio is now in Lexing ton jail walting for a North Carolin*, omoor. ?V. A. liDAMB HAB A UH ANON FAKDON.' Governor Hey ward Gives Bim a JTew j Xe: ie Until Hl? Oase Can ; Se Heard, j It. A. Adams, tho Wa.torboro man. ? Hlayov, whose case has ooouplod mor? ' time In the courts than any other ; capital case In years, will not be hang ed Friday, as his death warrant stip ulated. Governor Heyward Wednes day respited him until February 22, at the request of the board of pardons, in order that late petitions In his fa vor, wbioh are now in tho hands of the court odloors, may be examined by the board. The Columbia lt coord says Messrs. Gruber and Flshburne, tho Walter boro attorneys who have attracted statewide attention by their hard light for Adams' life, ara confident that when the members of the pardon board shall have given due considera tion to the petitions recently se ou rad in AdamB' oounty they will recom mend at least a commutation to life imprisonment-possibly a full pardon. The respite given their ollent Wed nesday. ls due solely to their own ig norance of the procedure of the exe cutive od?eos when the petitions are filed. The papers are first sent to the Judgo and the solicitor, that they may tndorso upon the records their recom mendations as to the disposition of tho petition for pardon or commuta tion. Thon the papers are filed in the executive offices until tho board of pardons meets, The board has uniformly deollned to oonsidor petitions without expr?s* slons from the trial judge and tho so licitor who prosoouted tho case, and the governor has just as consistently refused to take action upon suoh peti tions until they shall have passed through the hands of the board. The petitions and other papers in the Adams oase did not reaoh tho exeoutlve officers until Sunday. Following the usual custom, Gover nor Hey ward immediately forwarded them to tho sollcUor. The fatter be- ' lng out of the state, lt was Impossible that he should examine the paper deolde upon his recommendation and roturo thom In timo for the board ot pardons to take aotion In the case at tho mooting whloh con vt nod Wednes day. Tho papers are still in the solici tor's hands. In vlow of these faets, and being disposad to give the condemned man every obanco, the board of pardons unanimously passed a resolution re questing Govornor Hoyward to order Adams respited until February 22. Between that time and now it is hop ed that tho papers will have been re oelved lu correct form and tho final recommendation of the board decided upon. Formor Slate Sonator Feurifoy was there Wednesday to appear before tho board in opposition to tho petitions, should these oome up. When inform ed of the olroumstanoes he 6aid that ho would not obleot to a respite until the papers could be bad. In this oase the aotion of Governor Heyward was simular to that In the Henderson oase, which ls fresh in the public memorv. Iilon OAUBOB Panto. At, Toledo, Ohio, while the Bostook Animal Circus was giving its matlnoo performance at tho Coliseum building, Trainer Harry Bay was attacked and seriously ir Jared by a Hon named Charlie. The lion, whloh had been performing, sprang upon him, bearing him to the door and Immediately the audienoe was paulo stricken. Tho beast grabbed Bay by the arm while on the floor and laid with his body over the trainer's prostrate form. Bay with his free arm picked up his revol ver whloh ho had dro med on tho fi Dor when he fell and fired several shotp Into tbe faoe of tho enraged beast, who then let go of his arm and sefzad tho man In the side. The two attend ants, Miller and Cunningham, sprang to the traps of the safety oago door and opened them, admitting into the dens the other Hons used in the aot. This caused tho animal to release Bay, and two trainers namod Galland and Joy at onoo rushed into the arena and drovo elf tho beast. An Ob|oot liflHSon. Tho domooratlo voto in Illinois in 1000 was 603,061. That was whoo tho party stood for r. positive and progressive democracy. In 1002 Mr. Hopkins was ohairman of the state oommlttee and oonduoted the cam* palgn. The democratic vote that year was only .''00,026. lu 1004 Mr. Sulli van became a member of the national committee, and he and Mr. Hopkins controlled the state organ'zjttlon. That year the domooratlo vote fell to .127,000 notwithstanding tho faot that lt was a presidential oampaign. In i imf. Hopkins-Sullivan Influence still controlled, and the demooratlo vote fell to 271.984. Here was a falling off of 231,077 In six years--a loss of al most fifty por oent. In the language of The Commoner "how long will it take that sort of party management to build up a democratic party in the I state of IlJIaolsV Is lt not about time for the rank. Hid (He of tho party to bring tho Illinois organization into harmony with thc demooratlo voter/. V UllL., X1UMJB1A ?i..J!81i..UJ!J-J.!illJX'JUUJUJJl'iHt!]IJLi We Have I Ono 25 hoi MO power Talbott, second h ly boon overhauled. This Engine ii a groat bargain for anyone who is in Wo are headquarters for anything i prompt attention will bo given to all i caro. 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